• Several of America’s most prominent institutions are simultaneously collapsing before our eyes. That’s likely mostly for the good, ultimately.
• John Boehner is disgusted by Donald Trump. Too bad he enabled him.
• Before Trump’s “Build the Wall” there was McCain’s “Complete the Danged Fence.”
• As Facebook’s connection to the Kremlin becomes clearer, Sheryl Sandberg is sounding more like Sarah Huckabee Sanders.
• Megan McCardle is troubled by online shaming, but she’s earned some of what she’s received.
• Artificial Intelligence is either depressingly limited or on the cusp of taking all our jobs and becoming superintelligent. It depends on who you ask.
• Old Print Article: Adolf Hitler feared alive and escaped. (1945)
• This week’s Afflictor keyphrase searches: Kurt Vonnegut, Terry Winograd, etc.